Channel 5 (UK) Documentaries

Heatwave: Summer of ’76 (2022x54)

Air date: Jun 18, 2022

The account of the 1976 summer drought, during which gardens burnt, towns relied on community standpipes for water, and Britons were advised to ‘bath with a friend.’ The drought had devastating consequences for the government, industry, and the elderly, yet the recollections of those who were young remain halcyon and hedonistic.